BUFFY SEASON TWO REVIEWS
#13 When She Was Bad
(Season II Premiere): When Buffy returns home to Sunnydale after
a spending the summer away, Xander and Willow become concerned
with her disturbingly cold and distant behaviour. Meanwhile,
Cordelia and Sunnydale High teacher Ms. Calendar are kidnapped
and Buffy is convinced that the fight to protect them and the
world from the undead is hers alone. Still reluctant to risk
getting close to Angel, Buffy turns him away before either one
can express his or her true feelings. *** out of 5
#14 Some Assembly Required: When the body parts of dead girls are
discovered missing from their graves, Buffy and her posse
discover that the parts are being used to create the perfect
woman, with the final touch being Cordelia's head. Meanwhile,
Giles finally musters the nerve to ask fellow teacher Ms.
Calendar out on a date and Angel admits his jealousy over the
amount of time Buffy spends with Xander. **** out of 5
#15 School Hard: When uninvited guests interrupt parent-teacher
night, Buffy must protect her fellow students, the principal and
her mother while keeping her secret. Meanwhile, Angel's old
friends, Spike and Drusilla visit Sunnydale for the Night of
Saint Vigeous - the holy night of attack. ***** out of 5
#16 Inca Mummy Girl: Buffy and Giles are suspicious of Ampata, a
Peruvian exchange student staying at Buffy's house, when a fellow
student goes missing during a school field trip to the Natural
History Museum and a broken Peruvian pictogram-cover plate is
found in his place. Meanwhile, after Xander falls head over heels
for Ampata, he faces certain death when his love interest is
revealed to be an ancient mummy who must kill to stay alive. ***
out of 5
#17 Reptile Boy: Buffy and Cordelia become unlikely party pals
when at a fraternity bash they are offered as human sacrifices to
Machida, a horrible half-man, half-snake creature. *** out of 5
#18 Halloween: Buffy, Willow and Xander are recruited by
Principal Snyder to trick-or-treat with the neighbourhood kids,
but the night doesn't turn out as they had planned when Buffy's
costume causes her to lose her slaying ability and the other kids
transform into their costume characters. Meanwhile, when Giles
begins to paste together the night's events, he learns that it's
his past that is making this a very haunted Halloween. *** out of
5
#19 Lie To Me: Buffy's fifth grade flame, Billy "Ford"
Fordham, unexpectedly arrives in Sunnydale with one motive: to
deliver Buffy to Spike in exchange for the immortal life of a
vampire. Meanwhile, Buffy and Angel confront their feelings for
each other and Angel owns up to his past relationship with
Drusilla. **** out of 5
#20 The Dark Age: Giles quiet existence in Sunnydale is
jeopardised when a murder victim, who is found to be linked to
Giles past, is discovered on the steps of the school library.
Meanwhile, when the Mark of Eyghon (a demon that takes possession
of a dead host) takes over Ms. Calendar, Buffy and Angel discover
the one way to save her soul. ** out of 5
#21 What's My Line (Part I): Buffy and Angel finally go out on
their first date, Angel sets out to hunt down his rival, Spike,
however, unbeknownst to Angel, Spike and his new recruits are
determined to capture him in hopes of helping the frail Drusilla
and Buffy encounters her new ally, Kendra. ***** out of 5
#22 What's My Line (Part II): Buffy reluctantly confronts Kendra
the new vampire slayer, only to find that the two are polar
opposites in every way. Much to Buffy's chagrin, she must join
forces with Kendra to save the man who means the most to her -
Angel. Meanwhile, with Buffy on the hunt, Xander and Cordelia are
left to wait at Buffy's home where they have a close encounter of
their own kind. ***** out of 5
#23 Ted: The whole gang falls for Buffy's mom's new boyfriend,
Ted, everyone, that is, except Buffy, who suspects there may be
more to him than meets the eye. Meanwhile, Giles tries to repair
his relationship with Ms. Calendar after her near-death
experience with a demon; and still reluctant to let anyone know
about their romantic involvement, Xander and Cordelia continue to
hide their rendezvous from their friends. ** out of 5
#24 Bad Eggs: Buffy and the gang are introduced to parenting
through a school assignment that takes a very rotten turn.
Meanwhile, two Wild West vampires come to town hunting for Buffy.
At the same time, romance is in the air when Buffy and Angel
continue to rendezvous and Xander and Cordelia keep their liaison
in the closet. ** out of 5
#25 Surprise (Part I): The fate of the world is at stake when
Spike and Drusilla gather the dismembered body parts of the Judge
(a demon with a deadly touch) from the ends of the earth as their
ultimate weapon to extinguish the Slayer. Meanwhile, Angel's
ability to feel human emotion is in jeopardy when he and Buffy
share an intimate moment, which threatens to destroy his soul.
**** out of 5
#26 Innocence (Part II): After Buffy shares an intimate moment
with Angel which extinguishes his human soul, she is left with
the realisation that she must destroy the now evil Angel who has
transformed into his previous persona of Angelus. Meanwhile,
Giles relationship with Jenny Calendar takes on a new twist when
he discovers that she is a member of the gipsy family who gave
Angel his human soul, and Willow's hopes of a relationship with
Xander are dashed when she discovers Xander and Cordelia's secret
romance. ***** out of 5
#27 Phases: When a werewolf descends upon the city of Sunnydale,
it is up to Buffy and the gang to protect the mostly human being
from an evil poacher who is hunting the animal for sport.
Meanwhile, much to Xander's dismay, Willow turns her romantic
interests to Oz, unaware of the danger she is about to face. **
out of 5
#28 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered: When Cordelia succumbs to
peer pressure and breaks off her tryst with Xander, on
Valentine's Day, he convinces a witch to put a spell on Cordelia,
which will make her fall in love with him. But when the spell
backfires, the women in Sunnydale, except Cordelia, and including
Buffy and Drusilla begin to see Xander in a whole new light. ****
out of 5
#29 Passion: Angel's obsession with tormenting Buffy takes a
dangerous turn when he starts edging closer to her heart - and
home, forcing Buffy to have a serious talk with her mom.
Meanwhile, Jenny is doing everything in her power to right her
wrongs, especially the one with Giles. ***** out of 5
#30 Killed By Death: Buffy is admitted to the hospital with a
raging fever where she encounters a young child who brings with
him nightmares of Buffy's past and present. Meanwhile, a jealous
Cordelia looks on as Xander protects a weakened Buffy from
Angel's fury. * out of 5
#31 I Only Have Eyes For You: Buffy encounters a tortured spirit
haunting the halls of Sunnydale High and recruits her friends to
help the bitter spirit in its quest for peace. Meanwhile, Giles
is filled with anguish when he believes the spiritual being is
Jenny trapped and trying to impart a final message to him from
the beyond. * out of 5
#32 Go Fish: When a monster starts preying on members of the high
school swim team, Buffy takes it upon herself to become the
protector of the star players. Meanwhile, Xander goes undercover
to discover the truth about the missing teammates and ends up
revealing a rarely seen side of himself. ** out of 5
#33 Becoming (Part I): Buffy determines the time has come to
destroy Angel and must ascertain if she is ready to sacrifice all
she knows to be true to do so but her decision is further
entangled when Willow uncovers the secret that may restore
Buffy's former beloved. Elsewhere, Angel chooses to unearth an
evil demon that could swallow the earth and all of the beings,
rather than return to the arms of his former lover. ***** out of
5
#34 Becoming (Part II) (Season II Finale): The suspense continues
as hell prepares to swallow the world and Buffy is left alone to
stop it. With Giles in the hands of the enemy and Angel primed
for destruction, our slayer is forced into some treacherous
alliances and faced with life-changing decisions. ***** out of 5